Shirt-waist holder and skirt-supporter.



No. 722,316. PATENTED MAR. 10, 1903'.

. F. E. MOODY. SHIRT WAIST HOLDER AND SKIRT SUPPORTER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 20, 1902.

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FRANCES ELIZABETH MOODY, OF TORONTO, CANADA.

SHIRT-WAIST HOLDER AND SKlRT- -SUPPORTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 722,316, dated March10, 1903.

Application filed March 20, 1902. Serial No. 99,169. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCES ELIZABETH MOODY, gentlewoman, of the city ofToronto, in the county of York, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Shirt-Waist Holders andSkirt-Supporters, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in shirt-Waist holders andskirt-supporters, and particularly to that class in which the beltpasses through three links having hooks; and the object of the inventionis to improve the form of such shirt-waist holder and skirt-supporternow in use so that the skirt will be held securely together at the back,where it is open, and which will at the same time prevent the metal,which is preferably of aluminium ,from being disintegrated or renderedsoft and breakable.

It consists, essentially, of three plates, preferably of aluminium,hinged together and provided on each piece with a double-hook staple,the loops of which extend to the inside of the plates and lie flatagainst them and the bent points of which extend outwardly through theplates at the same level, so as to form a support for the Waistband, andconsequently the skirt itself, and the skirt-holding staple of which islocated inthe central piece and extends downwardly in V shape on theoutside and downwardly in two bent points to the inside, the centralplate being provided With two end slots, and the end plates, which arehinged thereto, being provided with one inner end slot each and twoouter end slots each, whereby the belt fabric passes for the majorportion across the plates to the inside of the same, so as to separatethe major portion of the plates and keep them away from the body, ashereinafter more particularly explained.

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing my improved shirt-waist holderand skirt-supporter looking from the inside, portion of the belt fabricbeing broken away. Fig. 2 is a perspective view looking from theoutside. Fig. 3 is a detail of the plate looking from the inside.

In the drawings like letters of reference indicate corresponding partsin each figure.

A A are the end plates, and B the central plate. The end plates A areprovided with inner end slots a, through which the bent tongues b b ofthe innermost plates extend and are bent through, so as to form hinges.

b b are slots in the ends of the plate 13 in proximity to the hinges.

a a are slots formed in proximity to the slots a, and a and a are a pairof slots formed in the outer end of each of the plates A A.

O O are bent-hook staples, preferably substantially rectangular in formon the inside and extending outwardly in the form of upwardly-bentpointscc. Thebent-hookstaples O are formed, preferably, ofthe same size, so that all the upwardly-bent points 0 c of each stapleextend through holes in the plates A and B, preferably at the samelevel.

D is a V-shaped staple with bent points 01 d. The V-shaped staple Dextends for the major portion to the outside of the plate 13, and at theinside the bent points d extend downwardly and are located beneath thetop bar of the central staple O.

E is the belt fabric, which extends through the slots a and a and acrossplate A, so as to cover and hold in position the flat staple O, thencethrough the slot at to the outside of the hinge Z), thence through theend slot b over the staple D, at which point the bent points d d arecarried through the belt fabric, so as to project inwardly therefrom.The belt fabric is then carried through the opposite slot b outside thehinge I), through the slot a, and to the inside of the plate A andthrough the slots a and a in the other side of the device, ashereinbefore described.

In my arrangement by the construction of the plates, slots, and hooksthe belt fabric is carried through the plates, so as to protect theplates from exposure to perspiration, hold all the bent points inposition, and provide in the central plate bent points whereby thecentral openings at the back'of the skirt are insured of being held upand kept close together, thereby avoiding any unsightly appearance. Atthe same time the shirt-waist may be held down with facility by the bentpoints 61 d, which extend inwardly through the belt.

What I claim as my invention is In a shirt-waist holder andskirt-supporter comprising three plates hinged together, the

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outer plates having each a pair of slots at the outer ends and a singleslot near the inner ends and in proximity to the hinge, and the centralplate having a single slot near each end in proximity to the hinge, astaple in the inner face of each plate having prongs extending throughopenings in the plate to the outside and upwardly to form hooks, astaple located within the staple on the central plate and having thebase of the staple on the outside and the prongs extending through theplate and downwardly on the inside of the plate and a belt passingWithin the ends of the plate then outwardly and inwardly through the twoouter slots of the outer plates to the inside of said plates and thenthrough the in ner end slots of the end plates to the outside of thehinge and inwardly to the inside of the major portion of the centerplate at which point the downwardlyextending center prongs projectthrough the fabric, whereby the wear of the belt fabric is minimized,the plates are held from contact with the body and the hooks and fabricare held in position as and for the purpose specified.

FRANCES ELIZABETH MOODY.v

Witnesses:

B. BOYD, L. O. REYNOLDS.

